David Hockney’s canyon of California sunshine goes up for auction… with an estimated value of £27million A 1980 painting by David Hockney is expected to fetch £27million at auction Nichols Canyon is a vibrantly colourful depiction of a winding Los Angeles street The significant landscape painting has been in private hands for nearly 40 years … Read more
Art from David Hockney’s Paper Pools series makes a £4.8million splash Pool on a Cloudy Day with Rain has sold for £4,867,900 at Sotheby’s in London The picture, one of 29 made in 1978, was being sold by an anonymous collector Experts describe piece as ‘a dazzling testament to Hockney’s virtuosity in the medium of colour and form’ … Read more
A bitter row over alleged censorship at The Guardian grew last night as it emerged a piece written by David Hockney was discussed at the highest level before being refused by the paper. The artist became embroiled in a row with the newspaper after it refused to publish his controversial opinion that smoking could protect … Read more